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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 3107363, member: 84179&quot;]The problem you run into is that this <b>CANNOT</b> occur during the minting process.&nbsp; There are no other coins that use a crude, large five, so it can&#039;t be from a punch.&nbsp; If you look at the process for making the dies, it can&#039;t happen there. In addition, your &quot;5&quot; is recessed into the coin which means it would have to raised on the die.&nbsp; Not happening.&nbsp;&nbsp; It couldn&#039;t be on the planchet because pressure during striking would have distorted it as the metal flowed, plus I can&#039;t think of how it would be on a planchet in the first place.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, there are numerous ways a coin can be damaged after it left the mint, and it wouldn&#039;t be surprising if something happened that left a mark that looks like a 5.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not saying that you don&#039;t see something that looks like a 5.&nbsp; But, I am saying that whatever made that mark, it <b>absolutely, positively</b> did not happen at the mint.&nbsp; And that&#039;s what others have told you as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>And don&#039;t forget, just because it&#039;s listed on ebay doesn&#039;t mean it&#039;s real.&nbsp; Anybody can list anything, with any description.&nbsp; Unless it&#039;s authenticated, the seller has no more credibility than someone who lists a religious image burned onto a piece of toast.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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